Atmospheric Refraction and Path Bending Delay

Owing to the effect of refraction on the propagation of electromagnetic waves in the terrestrial atmosphere, the direction of propagation is changed. The path of propagation path becomes a curve with an increased path-length so increasing the propagation time. A simplified spherically symmetric atmospheric model is adopted to calculate the delay caused by the path bending, for different zenith distances.     

Simulations for the Original Distribution of KBOs

Using the N-body dynamical model that includes the sun, the 8 planets, Pluto, UB313 and massless particles, we simulate the orbital evolution of 551 Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) with known parameters. The initial conditions of the simulations are the currently observed orbital parameters. The integration backtracks from now to -10×10⁸ yr. The results show that about 10×10⁸ years ago, more than 1/3 of the presently observed KBOs resided in the region of the present Kuiper main belt, a few were located inside the Neptune orbit, and the rest were beyond 50AU; and that about 4.5×10⁸ years ago, all the objects in the Kuiper main belt exhibited a rather good normal distribution, without so many objects concentrated in the Neptune's 3:2 resonance region, as at present time.     

Quasi-critical orbits for artificial lunar satellites

We study the problem of critical inclination orbits for artificial lunar satellites, when in the lunar potential we include, besides the Keplerian term, the J ₂ and C ₂₂ terms and lunar rotation. We show that, at the fixed points of the 1-D averaged Hamiltonian, the inclination and the argument of pericenter do not remain both constant at the same time, as is the case when only the J ₂ term is taken into account. Instead, there exist quasi-critical solutions, for which the argument of pericenter librates around a constant value. These solutions are represented by smooth curves in phase space, which determine the dependence of the quasi-critical inclination on the initial nodal phase. The amplitude of libration of both argument of pericenter and inclination would be quite large for a non-rotating Moon, but is reduced to <0°.1 for both quantities, when a uniform rotation of the Moon is taken into account. The values of J ₂, C ₂₂ and the rotation rate strongly affect the quasi-critical inclination and the libration amplitude of the argument of pericenter. Examples for other celestial bodies are given, showing the dependence of the results on J ₂, C ₂₂ and rotation rate.     

基于伪距测量的钟差计算模型

基于伪距和钟差定义,讨论了无线电时间比对的基本原理。在此基础上,详细推导了地心非旋转坐标系中一般意义下基于伪码测距模式的钟差计算模型,并通过坐标变换,给出了地固系中的实用计算模型。对地回系计算模型的进一步分析表明：卫星在地固系运动速度引起的改正项与sagnac效应项是完全不同的两项改正;对于GEO卫星,sagnac效应项最大约为200ns,其地固系运动速度引起的改正约为1ns;而对于MEO卫星,sagnac效应项最大为120ns,其地固系运动速度引起的改正约为1200ns。     

Analysis of the three-dimensional stellar velocity field using vector spherical functions

We apply vector spherical functions to problems of stellar kinematics. Using these functions allows all of the systematic components in the stellar velocity field to be revealed without being attached to a specific physical model. Comparison of the theoretical decomposition coefficients of the equations for a particular kinematical model with observational data can provide precise information about whether the model is compatible with the observations and can reveal systematic components that are not described by this model. The formalism of vector spherical functions is particularly well suited for analyzing the present and future (e.g., GAIA) catalogs containing all three velocity vector components: the propermotions in both coordinates and the radial velocity. We show that there are systematic components in the proper motions of Hipparcos stars that cannot be interpreted in terms of the linear Ogorodnikov-Milne model. The same result is also confirmed by an analysis of the radial velocities for these stars.     

X-ray CT and hydraulic evidence for a relationship between fracture conductivity and adjacent matrix porosity

Multi-phase flow in fractured rocks plays an important role in any hydrocarbon recovery process, be it for environmental remediation or natural oil and gas extraction. Fractures may form the primary production conduits, and the mass transport at the fracture interfaces with the matrix determines the effectiveness of extraction processes. This paper presents specific evidence for a relationship between fracture apertures and the porosity of the adjoining perpendicular layers in Berea sandstone samples. Measurements of fracture apertures were done with high-resolution Micro-Computed Tomography (MCT) with a voxel resolution of about 0.05 mm in three dimensions. Multi-phase fluid flow experiments were done using a medical CT scanner with a voxel resolution of about 1.00 × 0.25 × 0.25 mm. MCT evidence shows a correlation between aperture and the porosity of the intersected layers. The comparison was made by generating two-dimensional maps of matrix porosity and CT values adjacent to the fracture and of the corresponding fracture apertures. High-porosity layers are lined up with large fracture apertures. Multi-phase fluid experiments provided hydraulic evidence that the high-porosity layers have high permeability. Oil injection into a water-saturated sample was tracked by a sequence of transverse scans near the downstream tip of a fracture. The hydraulic evidence from the two-phase flow experiments also confirms high permeability in fracture strips adjacent to high-porosity and high-permeability layers. The reasons for the relationship between fracture aperture and the properties of the adjacent layers are not fully understood. Some explanation for the physical and hydraulic observations rests in the method of fracturing, fracture propagation, and the lithological characteristics of the rock.     

GeoCube： 面向大规模分析的多源对地观测时空立方体

随着对地立体观测体系的建立,遥感大数据不断累积。传统基于文件、景/幅式的影像组织方式,时空基准不够统一,集中式存储不利于大规模并行分析。对地观测大数据分析仍缺乏一套统一的数据模型与基础设施理论。近年来,数据立方体的研究为对地观测领域大数据分析基础设施提供了前景。基于统一的分析就绪型多维数据模型和集成对地观测数据分析功能,可构建一个基于数据立方的对地观测大数据分析基础设施。因此,本文提出了一个面向大规模分析的多源对地观测时空立方体,相较于现有的数据立方体方法,强调多源数据的统一组织、基于云计算的立方体处理模式以及基于人工智能优化的立方体计算。研究有助于构建时空大数据分析的新框架,同时建立与商业智能领域的数据立方体关联,为时空大数据建立统一的时空组织模型,支持大范围、长时序的快速大规模对地观测数据分析。本文在性能上与开源数据立方做了对比,结果证明提出的多源对地观测时空立方体在处理性能上具有明显优势。     

玉米大豆生长中后期遥感辨识的指示性特征研究

玉米和大豆是两种主要的粮食作物,及时准确地监测两者的种植面积对于产量预测和市场价格的制定具有重要的意义。利用遥感技术探究在生长季中后期能有效区分玉米和大豆的指示性特征集,为在不同实验区进行推广应用和提前玉米和大豆种植面积信息发布的时间提供技术支撑。文章以玉米和大豆为研究对象,以黑龙江和安徽省两个典型种植区为实验区,以高分一号影像为数据源,计算多种植被指数特征和两种纹理特征,同时利用特征优选方法评价特征间的相对重要性,并结合随机森林分类算法分析特征个数对精度的影响,得到不同试验区区分两者的最佳特征子集。随后根据不同实验区最佳特征子集的共同点和差异,遴选出对玉米和大豆中后期区分的遥感指示性识别特征集,并设计实验方案验证其有效性和稳定性。实验表明：在玉米和大豆生长中后期存在具有高效辨识两者的遥感特征集,能有效和稳定地增强两者的遥感识别能力;在不同实验区,基于特征优选方法可以选择出区分玉米和大豆的最佳分类特征子集,得到两者最优的识别效果,比仅仅使用原始波段特征的分类精度提升了近10个百分点,总体分类精度能够平均达到97%,Kappa系数0.96,玉米和大豆的单类分类精度平均超过95%;在不同的种植区,利用玉米和大豆的指示性特征集可以得到几乎与优选出的最佳特征子集同样的分类精度和制图效果,且具有稳定性和有效性,较最佳特征集更具推广使用意义。指示性特征集包含6种：植被指数中的比值植被指数（RVI）,差值植被指数（DVI）,转换型植被指数（TVI）,改进型叶绿素吸收比率指数（MCARI）和灰度共生矩阵（GLCM）纹理特征中的二阶矩（the Second Moment）和熵（Entropy）。     

基于SDP4模型的导航卫星仰角及方位角预报

地面站可控天线可以不借助接收机而直接监测导航卫星的信号质量,地面天线伺服系统根据卫星的实时位置计算出仰角及方位角来确定天线的指向。广播星历及历书等常用的计算卫星位置的方法虽误差较小,但其误差随时间迅速扩大,基于该问题,论文论述了双行星历（TLE）结合SDP4模型进行卫星轨道预报方法,利用SDP4模型计算GPS导航卫星的实时位置并预报卫星的仰角及方位角,采用IGS 事后精密星历对其角度预报误差进行了评估,同时,还将该方法的预报误差与广播星历、历书、STK高精度轨道预报等方法的预报误差进行了对比。实验结果表明：采用SDP4模型对导航卫星进行位置预报可满足误差要求,且时间有效性长、通用性好,具备实际应用价值。     

Discovery of six high-redshift quasars with the Lijiang 2.4 m telescope and the Multiple Mirror Telescope

Quasars with redshifts greater than 4 are rare, and can be used to probe the structure and evolution of the early universe. Here we report the discovery of six new quasars with i-band magnitudes brighter than 19.5 and redshifts between 2.4 and 4.6 from spectroscopy with the Yunnan Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (YFOSC) at the Lijiang 2.4 m telescope in February, 2012. These quasars are in the list of z > 3.6 quasar candidates selected by using our proposed J K/i Y criterion and the photometric redshift estimations from the SDSS optical and UKIDSS near-IR photometric data. Nine candidates were observed by YFOSC, and five among six new quasars were identified as z > 3.6 quasars. One of the other three objects was identified as a star and the other two were unidentified due to the lower signal-to-noise ratio of their spectra. This is the first time that z > 4 quasars have been discovered using a telescope in China. Thanks to the Chinese Telescope Access Program (TAP), the redshift of 4.6 for one of these quasars was confirmed by the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) Red Channel spectroscopy. The continuum and emission line properties of these six quasars, as well as their central black hole masses and Eddington ratios, were obtained.